Gasping for air in the night - Zantac Side Effect??
I've been fasting for a couple days and also been taking Zantac 150 twice a day.
Last night was horrible, I couldn't sleep and I woke up several times in the night with a very dry mouth and it felt like I was gasping for air. I hate it!!
Re: Gasping for air in the night - Zantac Side Effect??
I'm not sure if there's any association with Zantac and gasping for air (I'm doubting it) but there is a link between acid reflux disease and sleep apnea. If your waking up gasping for air, you have likely quit breathing in your sleep (meaning you need a sleep study!). It could likely just seem the medication is doing it when it's not. Medications that make sleep disordered breathing worse would be things like valium, sleeping pills, and such.. But that's what it sounds like. You need to tell your doctor what's going on. Do you have persistent symptoms of fatigue or feeling like you didn't sleep when you actually did?
Re: Gasping for air in the night - Zantac Side Effect??
This has happened to me three times while I was on PPI's . I would wake up and not be able to breath. I was inhaling my reflux into my lungs. I had three sleep studies so I did not have any sleep apnea issues . PPI's were causing my reflux not reducing them . The only thing PPI's did was to neutralize the acid, they did nothing for the reflux. I've been off PPI's for 6 months now and have not refluxed since being off PPI's . I still have heart burn which I control with Tums .
